David Kaltschmidt

VP of Engineering

Grafana Labs

Nov 2025 - Current (10 months)

My team and I are building an AI-native data platform that gives humans and agents reliable, governed access to enterprise context. We are exploring Grafana's position in the modern data stack, making it more appealing for non-developers.

Senior Director of Engineering

Grafana Labs

Nov 2021 - Oct 2025 (4 years)

Continuing to shape the organisation on its 200 to 1500+ journey through engineering leadership. Responsible for the whole Grafana team (OSS / Cloud / Enterprise) within Grafana Labs, shepherding a move towards DevOps and a multi-tenant architecture. Scaling remote-first teams while keeping culture intact, with focus on hiring processes and career frameworks.

Director of User Experience

Grafana Labs

Apr 2018 - Oct 2021 (3 years 7 months)

Shaping the product and organisation through engineering leadership during their 30 to 200+ employees growth phase. Established UX as a discipline with its own team and then built out the use-case driven teams of open-source Grafana: Observability, Edge (IoT/Industrial), and BI.

Co-Founder

Kausal

Sep 2017 - Mar 2018 (7 months)

Building an integrated user experience for an Observability solution: Time-series graphs/Monitoring, Log aggregation, Distributed tracing. Got acquired by Grafana Labs.

Director Of Engineering

Weaveworks

May 2015 - Jul 2017 (2 years 3 months)

Building developer tools (OSS) for containerised applications. Designed and implemented the first iteration of Weave Scope. Working mostly with React/Redux. Responsible for all things UI/UX and dev hiring.

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Founder, CEO

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Nov 2013 - May 2015 (1 year 7 months)

Zero-conf server network monitoring. I wrote the UI for a network monitoring solution (now known as Weave Scope). Got acquired by Weaveworks.

Software Development Senior Manager

Oracle

Aug 2013 - Oct 2013 (3 months)

Continued to lead the front-end team to develop a network intelligence application with all kinds of data visualisations and analytics features using JS, Python, Redis, MySQL. Responsible for visual integration with Oracle branding, feature planning, development, hiring, and training.

Team Lead

Acme Packet

Apr 2012 - Jul 2013 (1 year 4 months)

Leading the front-end team to develop a network intelligence application with all kinds of data visualisations and analytics features using JS, Python, Redis, MySQL. Responsible for feature planning, development, hiring, and training. Customers say the UI is the most distinguishing feature.

Web Developer

Siemens

Mar 2007 - Oct 2007 (8 months)

Developed a web-based, peer-to-peer document management software for a network of research facilities specialised in MRI, using J2EE/JSP, XML/XSL, MySQL. Responsible for implementation of new features and recruiting, presentations to NIH benefactors.

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Senior Web Developer

IPTEGO

Dec 2006 - Apr 2012 (5 years 5 months)

Senior responsible for the user interface development of several web applications for telecommunication providers using JS, Python, MySQL. Active role in product planning as well as hiring and managing of other developers. The applications’ ease of use and simplification of network analytics was a key factor in Acme Packet’s decision to acquire Iptego.

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Web Developer

Miaplaza Inc

Jun 2006 - Sep 2006 (4 months)

Developed a social networking web-site using ASP.NET/C#, MS SQL and Visual Studio. Responsible for implementing new features like AJAX use and web-site syndication.

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Web Developer

LOGandGO GmbH

Aug 2001 - Sep 2005 (4 years 2 months)

Developed an account aggregating web application using JSP/Servlets/Java, XML/XSLT, JUnit and MySQL/IBM DB2. Responsible for the development of mobile internet services in a cross-company context including Vodafone, E-Plus, Jamba and O2.

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